Combined camping outfit and box therefor.



A. D. & L. S. CAMPBELL.

COMBINED CAMPING OUTFIT AND BOX THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, I9I4.

Patented June 6, 1916.

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. & L. S. CAMPBELL COMBINED CAMPING OUTFIT AND BOX THEREFOR.

APPUCATION FILED ocr. 20. m4.

Patented June 6, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

ARGHIBALD D. CAMPBELL AND LAWRENCE S. CAMPBELL, 6F LOS ANGELES, CALI-FOBNIA; SAID LAWRENCE S. CAMPBELL ASSIGNOR TO ADELBERT' J. CAMPBELL,

0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED CAMPING OUTFIT AND BOX THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ARcHIBALD D. CAMP- BELLand LAWRENCE S. CAMPBELL, both citi- Zens of the United States ofAmerica, both residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State ofCalifornia, have invented a certain new and useful Combined CampingOutfit and Box Therefor; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to combined camping outfit and box therefor andit may be said to consist in the provision of the novel and advantageousfeatures and in the novel and improved construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts and devices as will be apparent from thedescription and claim which follow hereinafter.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedconstruction whereby a folding tent may be attached to and carried in abox adapted to contain a camping outfit, and which permits of the tentand camping outfit being compacted in the boX so as to be always readyfor use, easily transported from place to place, and which permits ofthe tent being easily and quickly set up and taken down when desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedconstruction for the frame of the tent, and for mounting a bed in thebox and adjusting the same.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a novel and improvedconstruction of the nature specified which is simple and economical tomanufacture, strong and durable, attractive in appearance, andconvenient and effective in use.

Other objects and the advantages of the invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art from a careful consideration of the followingdescription of the preferred form of the construction embodying theinvention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in whichFigure 1 is a side elevational view of the tent and truck; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevationalView of the truck carrying the camping outfit; Fig. 4 is a rear end viewof the box and of side portions of the tent frame thereon; Fig. 5 is abroken sectional enlarged sectional view taken on the line 1111 of Fig.8; Fig. 12 is an enlarged broken sectional view taken on the line 1212of Fig. 2; Fig. 13 is an enlarged broken sectional view taken on theline 1313 of Fig. 10; Fig. 11 is an enlarged broken sectional view takenon the line 1 114L of Fig. 13; and Fig. 15 is a view of the adjustablecrosspiece of the tent frame.

The box 16 may be suitably mounted onwheels 17 and provided with ahandle or tongue 18 whereby it may be hand or horse drawn or attached asa trailing truck to an auto vehicle. A pivoted leg 19 may be provided onthe tongue 18 to support the front portion of the box 16.

The forward part of the tent frame consists of foldable trusses made upof erectable bars 20 and 21 of angle iron which have one end portionthereof mounted on pivots 22 arranged on extensions 23 at the corners ofthe box 16; said bars 20 and 21 having the other end portion thereofconnected by longitudinal bars 2a of angle iron which longitudinal barsmay be connected to the bars 20 and 21 by brace bars 25.

The rear part of the tent frame consists of longitudinal bars 26 ofangle iron which are adjustably and detachably connected to the forwardpart of the tent frame by means of pins 27 on the bars 24 which pins areadapted to fit into any one of the spaced openings 28 in the forward endportion of the bars 26, and a rear end frame which is connected to thebars 26 by hinged joints 29 and which consists of the upright bars 30which latter are connected at the top thereof by the cross bar 31 havinga suitable hinged joint 32 therein. Brace bars 83 may be connectedbetween the cross bar 81 and the bars 30. In order that the bars 26 maybe turned freely relatively to the uprights 30 and folded against thelatter, the hinge joints 29 preferably consist of right-angled pieces8st which are connected to the uprights 30 by pivots 35, and connectedto the bars 26 by pivots 36. The top portions of the bars QO may beconnected by the tie cord 37 therebetween, and by the tie cords 38attached to the box 16.

The bed is arranged in the top part of the box 16 and preferablyconsists of the mattress 39 arranged on spring frame 40 which rests oncrosspicces 41 disposed at the ends of the box 16. Provisions and thevarious camping utensils and articles such as the folding cot 42 andwindow screens 43 may be stored in the space below the bed in the box16. The bed may be held in raised position by means of hooks 44; whichare pivotally mounted on the bars 21 and adapted to pass through rings15 on the spring frame 4E0 of the bed. The box 16 may have on the rearend thereof a door 46 which permits ready access to a tank of water, kitof tools,

etc, placed within the box adjacent to thedoor 46.

The tent canvas or other suitable fabric 47 has the lower front endportion thereof suitably secured to the box 16 and it is formed to fitover the tent frame when the latter is set up. In folding the canvas 47the rear end portion overlays the forward end portion, see Figs. 6 and9.

On the extensions 23 of the box 16 are pivotally mounted the arms 48which are provided at the outer end thereof with eyes 19 through whichpass cords 50 which latter have one end thereof secured to the upperpart of the arms 20 and 21 and have the other end thereof secured to thelower part of the box 16. The end portion 51 of ti e arms 18 preferablyextend freely into hollow bars 52 extending longitudinally of the box16. The bars 21 are provided at the top thereof with oppositely disposednotches 58 adapted to receive the end portions of a preferably archedcross-piece 54. A tarpaulin or other suitable covering may be placed onthe box 16 and held in place by straps 56.

From the foregoing description and the drawings the manner of use andthe advantages of the construction will be readily apparent to thoseskilled in the art. It will be understood that in setting up the tentthe side portions of the forward part of the tent frame are first turnedup, then the rear part of the tent frame may be joined to the forwardpart, then the rear portion of the canvas which is folded to overlay thefront portion of the canvas may be moved to position on the rear part ofthe tent frame, then the arms 48 may be turned to incline downwardly-seeFig. 41to cause the cords 50 to hold the bars 20 and 21 rigidly inupright position and at the same time move the bars 52 to take up anysag in the side walls of the canvas, and then the crosspiece 5st may bedisposed in position in the notches 53 of the bars 21. to take up anysagging of the roof portion of the canvas. It will be seen that theerosspiece 54: and also the bars 26 are detachable and may be adjustedto allow for expansion or contraction of the canvas.

The construction which has been particularly illustrated and describedadmits .of many minor changes and modifications wherefore the right isreserved to all such changes and modifications as do not depart from thespirit and scope of the invention which is defined. in the appendedclaim.

We claim:

A camping outfit comprising the combination of a box, a tent framecomposed of a forward part and a rear part detachably connected, saidforward part being mounted on said box and including trusses which arearranged at the sides of the box and folda-ble so that they can beplaced down into said box, and said rear part having support independentof said box and being collapsible so that it can be placed in said box,a cover adapted to fit over the frame and having the lower part of itsforward portion attached to the box, the rear portion of said coverbeing fitted over the rear part of the tent frame and adapted to overlaysaid forward portion when the tent frame and cover are compacted andplaced in the box.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses at Los Angeles, county of LosAngeles, State of California, this 13th day of October A. D. 1914:.

ARCHIBALD D. CAMPBELL. LAWRENCE S. CAMPBELL. VTitnesses:

FLORENCE E. LEA, A. H. LIDDERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner at Patents, Washington, D. G."

